Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun genus_iris

1 sense of genus iris

Sense 1
genus Iris -- (large genus of perennials that develop from bulbs or rhizomes)
       => liliid monocot genus -- (genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)
       => Iridaceae, family Iridaceae, iris family -- (large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs)